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SATURDAY , AUGUST 31 , 1901 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 4 th prox . The paper of Agenda , which will be found in another column , contains several items of
interest . In the first place announcement is made that the M . W . Pro Grand Master will propose a vote of sympathy with the M . W . G . Master on the death of his Royal Highness's eldest sister—Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Frederick ( nee Princess Royal of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ) . There is also a message from his Royal Highness the Grand Master relating to the formation of an illegal and irregular lodge in Copenhagen ( within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Denmark ) by the
Grand Lodge of Hamburg . The message is to the effect that the inquiries that have been instituted appear to justify the Grand Lodge of Denmark in declaring this body to be illegal and irregular , and
Grand Lodge is invited ( i ) to declare the body illegal and forbid all intercourse between English lodges and its members ; and ( 2 ) to make known such declaration to all the Grand Lodges with which it is in communication and to the lodges on the English Register .
The Board of General Purposes in their Report recommend that the whole of the English lodges in Western Australia—to the number of 35—having resolved on placing themselves on the roll of the newly-formed Grand Lodge of Western Australia , and , on surrendering their warrants , be formally
erased from the Register . They also recommend that 10 lodges , as specified in the Paper of Agenda , having ceased to work , and having failed to show cause to the contrary , be forthwith erased from the list , and that similar treatment be meted out to Lodge No . 2468 , in the Isle of Man , which was warranted in 1 S 93 , but has never been consecrated .
• « » The number of , new lodges for the constitution of which the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to grant warrants since the June Quarterly Communication is II , of which four are located in L-jndjn , two in
the Provinces , and five Abrotd . The London fourare the New Century Lodge , No . 2860 ; the Borough of Islington Lodge , N 0 . 2 S 61 ; the London Welsh Lodge , No . 286 7 ! and the Cheseldei Lodge , No . 2870 . Of the new Provincial lodge = the Eist Gosgote Lod
, ge No . 286 5 , will meet at Syston , in the Province of Leicestershire and Rutland ; the A . hington Lodge , j So . 2 S 68 , at Hirst , in Northumberland . The five odges Abroad are thus distributed : The Grant Lod
ge , No . 2862 , at Galle , in the Island of Ceylon ; the Kilkivan Lodge , No . 2 S 5 j , to meet at the town ol nesame name in the District of Queensland ; the "" tee of Cornwall Lodge , No . 2864 , in the District of aI ; the Shillong Lodge , No . 2866 , at the town ot
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the same name in the District of Bengal ; and the Blyth Lodge , No . 2 S 69 , to meet at Butterworth , which is vaguely described as being in " South Africa . " * * * The Quarterly Communication ot the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons for England and- Wales , & c ,
& c , will be held at the Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street , on Tuesday , the 3 rd prox ., at the usual hour . There will be proposed from the chair a vote of sympathy with his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand M . M ., on the death of the Empress Frederick of Germany , after which the principal business will be
the consideration of the Report of the General Board . From this we learn , that during the quarter ending the 30 th June , there were issued 349 Mark and 66 Royal Ark Mariner Certificates , raising the number of registered Mark Master Masons to 43 , 39 8 , and of Royal Ark Mariners to 66 S 1
Since the last Report there have also been granted , warrants for three new Mark and two new Royal Ark Mariner lodges . Of the former the Temple Lodge , No . 548 , Shillong , and the Prosonno Coomar Dutt Lodge , No . 549 , Cooch Behar , are located in the District of Bengal ; while the Manica Lodge . No . 550 ,
will meet at Umtali , in Rhodesia . Both the new Royal Ark Mariner lodges will meet in London , the Dramatic being attached to Mark Lodge No . 4 S 7 bearing the same name , and the United Service to the United Service Mark Lodge , No . 489 . We are further informed that the M . W . Grand M . M . has been pleased to re-appoint for a further term of
years Lord Henniker and Viscount Valentia as Prov . G . Mark Masters of East Anglia and Berks and Oxon respectively ; and to appoint Bro . the Rev . F . W . Macdonald , M . A ., Prov . G . M . M . of Wiltshire , vice the Earl of Radnor deceased , and Bro . the Very Rev . E . R . Currie , Dean of Battle , Prov . G . M . M . of Sussex , in successionjto himself on relinquishing the office .
» The Board further officially reports the death of the lamented Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., M . W . G . M . M . 1866-69 , Prov . G . M . M . Berks and Hants 1857-1873 , and Prov . G . M . M . Hants and the I . of W . from 1889 till his death j at the same time paying a sincere tribute of respect to the memory of
the deceased , who , from the very commencement of its career as a separate organisation had rendered most valuable services to Mark Masonry . It is also stated that the recent Festival in behalf of the Mark Benevol ent Fund , under the presidency of Bro . Col . Clifford Probyn , Past G . Treasurer , yielded . £ 2059 , and the Board congratulates both the Chairman and the Stewards on the result .
* * * The recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire appears to have been in every respect a great success . The past year has been one of substantial progress , and the several reports , statistical , financial , Charitable , that were laid before the brethren
were all of them satisfactory as regards the past and encouraging for the future of the Province . There are 60 lodges on the roll and the aggregate membership shows a total of 4149 , or close on 70 members per lodge . The Prov . Grand Treasurer ' s statement of account , which opened with a balance to the good of
^ 354 , had at the close of the year a similar balance , but amounting to . £ 328 . The Fortescue Annuity Fund , which in 18 95 had an income of . £ 132 14 s ., had a total receipt during the past year of . £ 338 ios ., the sum paid away in annuities during the year being £ 450 . In moving the adoption of this report Bro . Shorto
announced that the Fund had had £ 500 bequeathed to it by Bro . R . B . West , who died early in the year , and had left a sum of . £ 50 , 000 to be distributed by his executors among such Charitable Institutions as they might select . Bro . West was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , and was an earnest member of the St . George ' s Lodge , No , 112 ,
Exeter . * # * Bro . J . B . Cover submitted the Report of the Committee of Petitions , and in announcing that the Province had been successful in carrying the election of a widow candidate for the Benevolent Institution
and a candidate for the Boys' School , paid a welldeserved compliment to Bro . F . B . Westlake , Past Dep . G . D . C , for the work he had done in connection with the elections , remarking that "too much credit could not be given " to that brother "for th ; admirable manner in which he conducted the business . "
Bro . Cover further stated that whereas some years since the Province possessed only about 700 votes for the central Charities , it now had over 5000 , this being due to the more generous support which Devonshire
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had latterly given to those Charities , and he expressed the hope that this greater and more liberal measure of support would be continued . * * * Before the proceedings were brought to a close , the
Acting Provincial Grand Master , Bro . G . C . Davie , P . G . D . Eng ., D . P . G . M ., presented , on behalf of the subscribing lodges and brethren , to Bro . John Stocker , Prov . G . Sec , on his appointment to the office of Asst . G . D . of C . of Grand Lodge , a handsome testimonial ,
consisting of his Grand Lodge clothing and a cheque for 100 guineas , in recognition of the eminent services he had rendered to the Province . Bro . Davie , who very kindly acknowledged that Bro . Stocker had very materially lightened his labours and those of the
Provincial Grand Master , expressed his belief that Bro . Stocker was a model Provincial Grand Secretary , and trusted he would be spared for many years to continue in his office , and place the Province , if it were
possible , under still greater obligations to him . These remarks of the Acting Provincial Grand Master were heartily applauded , and so was Bro . Stocker on his brief , but graceful , acknowledgment of the gift .
It should be added that in making his acknowledgment , Bro . Stocker announced his intention of presenting the cheque to the Devon Masonic Educational Fund on certain conditions , which the Acting Prov . G Master subsequently explained , were to the effect that
the gift should be looked upon as the equivalent of a " Perpetual Governorship , " t ' ne votes of which should be exercised by Bro . Stocker during his lifetime , and afterwards as " The Stocker Votes " by the Prov . G . Secretary , the memory of Bro . Stocker and his great
services to the Craft in Devonshire " being thus kept green among Devonshire Freemasons in perpetuity . " The whole thing forms one of the most pleasing episodes we have known in the annals of Devon Masonry .
» * * There is still another [ event in connection with his Province which it was our privilege to report last week , and to which some prominence should be given . The day previous to the annual Provincial meeting
which has been the subject of the preceding batch of Notes , Bro . Davie , P . G . D ., the Acting Prov . G . Master , consecrated " to the glory of the Great Architect of the Universe and the uses of Freemasonry " the newly erected quarters of the Bedford Lodge , No . 282
Tavistock . The ceremony was most impressively carried out in the presence of a numerous gathering of the members ofthe lodge and visitors from otherparts
of the Province ; and to judge from the description w published last week of the premises , the Bedford Lodge will in future be most comfortably and conveniently located .
* » * In replying to the toast of the Prov . G . Master and Officers , Bro . Davie expressed the pleasure it had g iven him to attend and perform the ceremony of dedication , and his willingness to perform a like
ceremony for any lodge room on the one condition that it should be used "solely for Masonic purposes . " Bro . Davie said he did not think it right that so solemn a form should be used at the dedication of premises which were to be devoted only in part to the purposes
of Freemasonry , and might every now and then be turned into concert halls or auction 100 ms . Bro . Davie said he felt very strongly upon the subject , and reserved to himself the right to refuse to undertake a similar duty in the case of premises that were not
intended to be used solely for the purposes of Freemasonry . In any such case a brother in authority has the right to give full effect to the opinions he holds , and in this instance we hold that he is justified in exacting this particular condition .
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire will be held at the invitation of Trinity Lodge , No . 254 , at St . Mary ' s Hall , Coventry , on Wednesday , September 25 th . The Provincial Grand Master , the Rt . Hon . and Rt . W . Bro . the
Lord Leigh , P . C ., LL . D ., Lord Lieutenant of the County , will appoint and invest his officers , and other important business will be transacted . The brethren present at Provincial Grand Lodge will attend Divine Service at Trinity Church , Coventry , when the sermon
will be preached by Bro . the Rev . R . G . Aldridge , M . A ., Prov . Grand Chaplain , after which a collection will be made in aid of the Warwickshire Masonic
Benevolent and Pupils' Aid Fund . Prior to the meeting luncheon will be served at the Craven Arms Hotel , at which the R . W . the Prov . Grand Master will preside .
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ESTABLISHED 1871 . I W . MARTINDALE , J # ENGRAVER AND WRITER . M E M 0 RIA L ~~ B R A S S E S , A SPECIALITY . , , CULLUM ST ., FENCHURCH ST ., CITY , E . C .
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MAYO'S CASTLE HOTEL , EAST MOLESEY , I-IAMI ' COURT STATION . BRO . JOHN MAYO . MASONMC TEMPLE . Accommodation in the new wing for Banquets for any number up to 120 . Every convenience for Ladies' Gatherings . Spacious landing to river , whence Steam Launches can start . Five' Lodges meet here , and reference may be made to the respective Masters as to the catering , & c .
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WA . GRIFFIN , . UMBRELLA & STICK MANUFACTURER , And Dealer in FANCY LEATHER GOODS , SALISBURY HOUSE , LONDON WALL , E . C . 3 , MONUMENT S TATION BUILDINGS , E . C . 104 , LEADENHALL STREET , E . C . SPECIALITY—O . M . SILK , 2 years' Wearing Umbrella , 10 / 6 RECOVERINGS in 15 minutes , from 2 / 6 . UMBRELLAS & STICKS FOR PRESENTATION .
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SATURDAY , AUGUST 31 , 1901 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 4 th prox . The paper of Agenda , which will be found in another column , contains several items of
interest . In the first place announcement is made that the M . W . Pro Grand Master will propose a vote of sympathy with the M . W . G . Master on the death of his Royal Highness's eldest sister—Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Frederick ( nee Princess Royal of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ) . There is also a message from his Royal Highness the Grand Master relating to the formation of an illegal and irregular lodge in Copenhagen ( within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Denmark ) by the
Grand Lodge of Hamburg . The message is to the effect that the inquiries that have been instituted appear to justify the Grand Lodge of Denmark in declaring this body to be illegal and irregular , and
Grand Lodge is invited ( i ) to declare the body illegal and forbid all intercourse between English lodges and its members ; and ( 2 ) to make known such declaration to all the Grand Lodges with which it is in communication and to the lodges on the English Register .
The Board of General Purposes in their Report recommend that the whole of the English lodges in Western Australia—to the number of 35—having resolved on placing themselves on the roll of the newly-formed Grand Lodge of Western Australia , and , on surrendering their warrants , be formally
erased from the Register . They also recommend that 10 lodges , as specified in the Paper of Agenda , having ceased to work , and having failed to show cause to the contrary , be forthwith erased from the list , and that similar treatment be meted out to Lodge No . 2468 , in the Isle of Man , which was warranted in 1 S 93 , but has never been consecrated .
• « » The number of , new lodges for the constitution of which the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to grant warrants since the June Quarterly Communication is II , of which four are located in L-jndjn , two in
the Provinces , and five Abrotd . The London fourare the New Century Lodge , No . 2860 ; the Borough of Islington Lodge , N 0 . 2 S 61 ; the London Welsh Lodge , No . 286 7 ! and the Cheseldei Lodge , No . 2870 . Of the new Provincial lodge = the Eist Gosgote Lod
, ge No . 286 5 , will meet at Syston , in the Province of Leicestershire and Rutland ; the A . hington Lodge , j So . 2 S 68 , at Hirst , in Northumberland . The five odges Abroad are thus distributed : The Grant Lod
ge , No . 2862 , at Galle , in the Island of Ceylon ; the Kilkivan Lodge , No . 2 S 5 j , to meet at the town ol nesame name in the District of Queensland ; the "" tee of Cornwall Lodge , No . 2864 , in the District of aI ; the Shillong Lodge , No . 2866 , at the town ot
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the same name in the District of Bengal ; and the Blyth Lodge , No . 2 S 69 , to meet at Butterworth , which is vaguely described as being in " South Africa . " * * * The Quarterly Communication ot the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons for England and- Wales , & c ,
& c , will be held at the Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street , on Tuesday , the 3 rd prox ., at the usual hour . There will be proposed from the chair a vote of sympathy with his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand M . M ., on the death of the Empress Frederick of Germany , after which the principal business will be
the consideration of the Report of the General Board . From this we learn , that during the quarter ending the 30 th June , there were issued 349 Mark and 66 Royal Ark Mariner Certificates , raising the number of registered Mark Master Masons to 43 , 39 8 , and of Royal Ark Mariners to 66 S 1
Since the last Report there have also been granted , warrants for three new Mark and two new Royal Ark Mariner lodges . Of the former the Temple Lodge , No . 548 , Shillong , and the Prosonno Coomar Dutt Lodge , No . 549 , Cooch Behar , are located in the District of Bengal ; while the Manica Lodge . No . 550 ,
will meet at Umtali , in Rhodesia . Both the new Royal Ark Mariner lodges will meet in London , the Dramatic being attached to Mark Lodge No . 4 S 7 bearing the same name , and the United Service to the United Service Mark Lodge , No . 489 . We are further informed that the M . W . Grand M . M . has been pleased to re-appoint for a further term of
years Lord Henniker and Viscount Valentia as Prov . G . Mark Masters of East Anglia and Berks and Oxon respectively ; and to appoint Bro . the Rev . F . W . Macdonald , M . A ., Prov . G . M . M . of Wiltshire , vice the Earl of Radnor deceased , and Bro . the Very Rev . E . R . Currie , Dean of Battle , Prov . G . M . M . of Sussex , in successionjto himself on relinquishing the office .
» The Board further officially reports the death of the lamented Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., M . W . G . M . M . 1866-69 , Prov . G . M . M . Berks and Hants 1857-1873 , and Prov . G . M . M . Hants and the I . of W . from 1889 till his death j at the same time paying a sincere tribute of respect to the memory of
the deceased , who , from the very commencement of its career as a separate organisation had rendered most valuable services to Mark Masonry . It is also stated that the recent Festival in behalf of the Mark Benevol ent Fund , under the presidency of Bro . Col . Clifford Probyn , Past G . Treasurer , yielded . £ 2059 , and the Board congratulates both the Chairman and the Stewards on the result .
* * * The recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire appears to have been in every respect a great success . The past year has been one of substantial progress , and the several reports , statistical , financial , Charitable , that were laid before the brethren
were all of them satisfactory as regards the past and encouraging for the future of the Province . There are 60 lodges on the roll and the aggregate membership shows a total of 4149 , or close on 70 members per lodge . The Prov . Grand Treasurer ' s statement of account , which opened with a balance to the good of
^ 354 , had at the close of the year a similar balance , but amounting to . £ 328 . The Fortescue Annuity Fund , which in 18 95 had an income of . £ 132 14 s ., had a total receipt during the past year of . £ 338 ios ., the sum paid away in annuities during the year being £ 450 . In moving the adoption of this report Bro . Shorto
announced that the Fund had had £ 500 bequeathed to it by Bro . R . B . West , who died early in the year , and had left a sum of . £ 50 , 000 to be distributed by his executors among such Charitable Institutions as they might select . Bro . West was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , and was an earnest member of the St . George ' s Lodge , No , 112 ,
Exeter . * # * Bro . J . B . Cover submitted the Report of the Committee of Petitions , and in announcing that the Province had been successful in carrying the election of a widow candidate for the Benevolent Institution
and a candidate for the Boys' School , paid a welldeserved compliment to Bro . F . B . Westlake , Past Dep . G . D . C , for the work he had done in connection with the elections , remarking that "too much credit could not be given " to that brother "for th ; admirable manner in which he conducted the business . "
Bro . Cover further stated that whereas some years since the Province possessed only about 700 votes for the central Charities , it now had over 5000 , this being due to the more generous support which Devonshire
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had latterly given to those Charities , and he expressed the hope that this greater and more liberal measure of support would be continued . * * * Before the proceedings were brought to a close , the
Acting Provincial Grand Master , Bro . G . C . Davie , P . G . D . Eng ., D . P . G . M ., presented , on behalf of the subscribing lodges and brethren , to Bro . John Stocker , Prov . G . Sec , on his appointment to the office of Asst . G . D . of C . of Grand Lodge , a handsome testimonial ,
consisting of his Grand Lodge clothing and a cheque for 100 guineas , in recognition of the eminent services he had rendered to the Province . Bro . Davie , who very kindly acknowledged that Bro . Stocker had very materially lightened his labours and those of the
Provincial Grand Master , expressed his belief that Bro . Stocker was a model Provincial Grand Secretary , and trusted he would be spared for many years to continue in his office , and place the Province , if it were
possible , under still greater obligations to him . These remarks of the Acting Provincial Grand Master were heartily applauded , and so was Bro . Stocker on his brief , but graceful , acknowledgment of the gift .
It should be added that in making his acknowledgment , Bro . Stocker announced his intention of presenting the cheque to the Devon Masonic Educational Fund on certain conditions , which the Acting Prov . G Master subsequently explained , were to the effect that
the gift should be looked upon as the equivalent of a " Perpetual Governorship , " t ' ne votes of which should be exercised by Bro . Stocker during his lifetime , and afterwards as " The Stocker Votes " by the Prov . G . Secretary , the memory of Bro . Stocker and his great
services to the Craft in Devonshire " being thus kept green among Devonshire Freemasons in perpetuity . " The whole thing forms one of the most pleasing episodes we have known in the annals of Devon Masonry .
» * * There is still another [ event in connection with his Province which it was our privilege to report last week , and to which some prominence should be given . The day previous to the annual Provincial meeting
which has been the subject of the preceding batch of Notes , Bro . Davie , P . G . D ., the Acting Prov . G . Master , consecrated " to the glory of the Great Architect of the Universe and the uses of Freemasonry " the newly erected quarters of the Bedford Lodge , No . 282
Tavistock . The ceremony was most impressively carried out in the presence of a numerous gathering of the members ofthe lodge and visitors from otherparts
of the Province ; and to judge from the description w published last week of the premises , the Bedford Lodge will in future be most comfortably and conveniently located .
* » * In replying to the toast of the Prov . G . Master and Officers , Bro . Davie expressed the pleasure it had g iven him to attend and perform the ceremony of dedication , and his willingness to perform a like
ceremony for any lodge room on the one condition that it should be used "solely for Masonic purposes . " Bro . Davie said he did not think it right that so solemn a form should be used at the dedication of premises which were to be devoted only in part to the purposes
of Freemasonry , and might every now and then be turned into concert halls or auction 100 ms . Bro . Davie said he felt very strongly upon the subject , and reserved to himself the right to refuse to undertake a similar duty in the case of premises that were not
intended to be used solely for the purposes of Freemasonry . In any such case a brother in authority has the right to give full effect to the opinions he holds , and in this instance we hold that he is justified in exacting this particular condition .
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire will be held at the invitation of Trinity Lodge , No . 254 , at St . Mary ' s Hall , Coventry , on Wednesday , September 25 th . The Provincial Grand Master , the Rt . Hon . and Rt . W . Bro . the
Lord Leigh , P . C ., LL . D ., Lord Lieutenant of the County , will appoint and invest his officers , and other important business will be transacted . The brethren present at Provincial Grand Lodge will attend Divine Service at Trinity Church , Coventry , when the sermon
will be preached by Bro . the Rev . R . G . Aldridge , M . A ., Prov . Grand Chaplain , after which a collection will be made in aid of the Warwickshire Masonic
Benevolent and Pupils' Aid Fund . Prior to the meeting luncheon will be served at the Craven Arms Hotel , at which the R . W . the Prov . Grand Master will preside .